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22 Nov

2012 or Bust!

To friends, family, loyal readers, browsers and internet vagrants alike, Don’t worry, I’m not signing off. But it has been almost 2 years since I started …

15 Nov

To the Polls!

Time to head to the polls my fellow ‘mericans. Above is my submitted photograph to Giada DeLaurentiis’ recipe photograph contest and I need all your …

27 Oct

The Fellowship of the Binge

I’m planning a most righteous Booze of the Month report for Monday, so today’s post is more of a tribute to an even more righteous …

25 Oct

Food Truck Clusterf*ck

Our rugby team used a play deemed the “Clusterf*ck”, a chaotic barrage of bodies forced by momentum and brute force thru the opposing teams fringe. …

18 Oct

Fall Musings

While the State Fair is littered with greasy fingered giants ready to beach themselves on the next funnel cake stand, I ventured to the Farmers …

13 Oct

Chant Up Babylon

Bob, you’ve got it all wrong my rasta bruddah, Babylon is just a dank new restaurant in downtown Raleigh…not the place we’ve gotta chant down …

11 Oct

Vesta Harvest

Countless chiles are beginning to fall from their emerald bushes faster than tie-dyed leaves off an oak tree. The Vesta Harvest is in full swing …

28 Sep

Moka no Mocha

Consider this a summer course on ideal coffee making – quick, requires minimal brain power, but fulfills an important purpose. As any globe-trotters will know, …

26 Sep

Grapes & Dough

Quick recipe for you this Monday morning, Schiacciata Con L’Uva. I fell in love with this Tuscan specialty during harvest time in Firenze, the neighborhood …

21 Sep

Booze of the Month! – September

I could use about a dozen of this month’s bevy after spending an hour arguing with my current hosting company about what server will serve …

13 Sep

Ke’e to Hanapepe

Welcome back to the program everyone! It may have taken me 10 days to break thru this glass cage of emotion I’ve felt since leaving …

24 Aug

Posh Nosh

You guys know I love to nosh, it’s kind of my bag. So when two gourmet friends of mine invited Megs and I to a …

18 Aug

Kitchen Tunes X – Kauai Edition

The countdown is dwindling dude, we’re less than a week away from flying half-way around the world to feel more at home…ironic, no? Our past …

16 Aug

Battlefield: Vesta Farms

A war has been raging this summer. Legion upon legion stand at attention in rows of piquant fury, unwavering and steadfast. Their goal: to oppose …

10 Aug

Booze of the Month! – August

This month’s edition of BOTM is sponsored by Nags Head, North Carolina. More specifically I owe this post to the Lilley family for hosting me …

05 Aug

Three-pete!

We’re keeping the summertime recipes rolling here on Giusto with an all-time summer MVP: The Tomato. I never liked fresh tomatoes as a kid, not …

01 Aug

Crunchy Nostalgia

It’s a new month, and I’m feeling nostalgic. The weather this weekend turned from boiling hot to cool and damp, trapping us indoors yearning for …

27 Jul

New Boob Tube Dudes

Index finger – Engage. I dig food tv, this you know, and there’s no limit to the amount of delicious telecommunications I can digest…almost. Food …

21 Jul

Shwing!

arth’s right folks, these shwings are hotter than Cassandra belting “Ballroom Blitz” in a tube top and no pants. To ramble back on track, a …

18 Jul

Booze of the Month! – July

I’ve been hoodwinked!! Apparently my shwag-ass hosting company was servicing their servers this weekend. The site was down for the majority of the weekend and …

08 Jul

Summer in a Bag

n cartoccio actually. In Cartoccio (or papillote as those beret-fanatics like to say) is nothing more than cooking some tasty ish in a makeshift bag. …

06 Jul

O Sale Mio

alt, so simple but so important. It may seem self explanatory, but I’ve seen a lot of good dishes go down due to improper use …

01 Jul

Friggen Figs

riggen Figs, they’re so damn good but also a little intimidating. From talking with friends and food nuts alike, it seems these monkey-beloved tree fruits …

29 Jun

Kaua’i Bound

oday marks 56 days until my family and I finally return to our home away from home in what seems like a century. Hanalei, Kauai, …

23 Jun

Kitchen Tunes IX

ummer set lists are always upbeat in my kitchen, ranging from head-banging punk to epic blues licks and bass-busting hip hop. The only cure to …

21 Jun

Cook Books

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks starting a new job opportunity, a trip to Staten Island, and toss in a car accident for good …

09 Jun

Booze of the Month! – June

elcome to another edition of Booze of the Month. It’s gotten pretty warm around these southern states over the past few weeks. Paddling around in …

07 Jun

Melons & Matrimony

each weddings are awesome. Surf and sun during the day (tho not much this time) followed by tender ceremonies, relentless dance parties, and endless 24 …

01 Jun

Sunny Sardegna

oday’s recipe is inspired by the warm and rugged region of Sardegna off Italy’s west coast. Unfortunately I have not gotten the chance to visit …

25 May

And The Livin’s Easy

ummer time baby, who’s stoked? This guy, and the farmers market this past weekend got my juices flowing faster than a stripper driving mach 5 …

23 May

NOLA

t’s taken me a solid week to recover from what was truly one of the most entertaining weekends of my life. You see, last weekend …

10 May

Una Sagra Fiorentina

o celebrate the birth of one of my loveliest friends, Reckner as she’s often monickered, her fiance’ asked for my Hiromoto blade in culinary adventure. …

05 May

Happy Mexican Day

eliz Cinco de Mayo muchachos. As promised today’s recipe is Mexican inspired, not Mexican at all I’d imagine, but inspired and laced with Meh-he-can flavors. …

04 May

Booze of the Month! – April/May

ola cabrons. Cinco de Mayo is a mere day away so I’m hitting you with back-to-back Mexicano inspired recipes. Today’s is in liquid form, and …

28 Apr

Buona Pasqua…and Sun Poisoning

appy belated Easter chullos, or Buona Pasqua. My delay in writing today’s post was due to a night that will forever haunt me during moments …

20 Apr

Mountain Jam

hat, my friends, is what they call grouping. In the words of Megs, “I’m not one to toot my own horn…but toot toot!” Our family’s …

13 Apr

Mountain Bound

Two quick things: 1. I’m sorry I didn’t post anything this week. The weekend’s activities must have stretched me too thin, “like butter scraped over too …

07 Apr

Grilled Salad? Yuuup!

t Casa Rustica, the restaurant I worked at fiercly my entire college career, our chef would often match grilled steak or chicken dishes with grilled …

05 Apr

She Choppin’ Broccoliiiii

utlery, my curious audience, is key. Imagine trying to prepare a meal, any meal, without some sharp or edged tool to dismantle your fearful produce …

30 Mar

Shhhpice It Up

osing control of your week is often unstoppable and unpredictable, even on your best weeks. The past few have kept Megs and I crazy busy …

24 Mar

Booze of the Month! – March

ast month I was in Boston, so the only appropriate choice was Boston Lager. This month I haven’t left Cackalacky once so, following said logic, …

22 Mar

Kitchen Tunes VIII

elcome back to another amplified episode of Paulie’s Kitchen Tunes! My current band, Sheep Suit, in which I play drums for some reason played one …

17 Mar

Taters

appy St.Patty’s Day folks! In honor of the fighting Irish and their love for potatoes I thought a easy, quick potato dish would be appropriate. …

15 Mar

Life Will Find A Way

r. Ian Malcolm couldn’t be more correct. He may have been referring to the artificial creation of 65 million year old dinosaurs to the shigrin …

09 Mar

“All Set”

hat is one handsome bunch. Say hello to Team Boston, an all star cast who plundered and devoured like the Tea Party’ers of old. To …

01 Mar

Booze of the Month! – February

hipping up to Boston, Wohoho! Get ready Mass., this cat’s coming up for what’s sure to become an infamous journey into the life and times …

25 Feb

Tasty Bellybuttons

all me crazy but doesn’t this crappy weather make you want to curl up in a bowl of Venus’ sacred navel? Wo, wait, let me …

23 Feb

Bow Ties & Olive Oil

hat a paradox, my least and most favorite things all in one town. I’m exaggerating about the bow ties, I don’t like them at all …

17 Feb

Tweet Tweet Dude

hat’s right folks. I’m following up on my resolutions like a samurai! (meaning I’m serious). I’ve heard enough hype, lets see if Twitter has what …

15 Feb

Bloody Good

t was a long weekend folks as one of Giusto’s greatest fans married one of my all time buddies in what was sure to have …